Brian Feeny
Associate Professor
Research Interests
- dynamics
- nonlinear
- vibrations
Research Biography
Brian Feeny's research interests are in dynamics and vibration, with current activities in nonlinear dynamics, chaos, proper orthogonal decomposition, friction dynamics, and system identification.
Selected Publications
- B. F. Feeny and U. Farooq, 2008, "A nonsymmetric state-variable decomposition for modal analysis," Journal of Sound and Vibration accepted, published on-line, 12/07.
- J.-W. Liang and B. F. Feeny, 2006, "Balancing Energy to Estimate Damping Parameters in Forced Oscillators," Journal of Sound and Vibration, 295 (3-5) 988-998.
- B. F. Feeny and F. C. Moon, 2007, "Empirical Friction Modeling in Forced Oscillators using Chaos," Nonlinear Dynamics, on-line and in press.
- Y. Liang and B. F. Feeny, 2008, "Parametric identification of a chaotic base-excited double pendulum experiment," Nonlinear Dynamics, accepted (4/07).
Selected Achievements and Awards
- MSU Withrow Teaching Excellence Award in Mechanical Engineering